Dependant on a cell phone

 "So that's going to be 5-10 business days" replies the Bell guy.
"Oh I will be fine, I am not that reliant on my cell phone"

     When I said this I truly believed that this was true, I didn't think I spent that much time on the thing. I thought oh yeah people like to text me but It should be fine to be out of order for a few days. It was my mistake for dropping my phone in water anyways I figured waiting was my punishment for being so careless with my cell. I never realised how much I use that phone from day to day.
    Day 1 without phone:
This day started at 5 o`clock in the morning when to my surprise I got an early morning phone call, It was my first daycare mom, not looking at the time just hearing the phone ring I thought, "oh one of the kids must of woke up sick.` WRONG, she was calling from my front porch waiting outside in the cold with 2 kids wondering why they were locked out. Never let your husband have control over the alarm clock. I have not used that alarm clock in over a year, my wonderful cell phone has been doing that job.
    Day 2:
Had to announced on Facebook that my phone was out of order, had quit a few messages from people wondering why I was suck a snob and not answering them back. I had to make sure my Daycare Moms knew all about my phone down, We have developed a bad habit of communication through text messages.
    Day 3:
This is the day I finally broke down and said, I need a new phone. You see the darn thing was freezing and the battery would not charge right before it went into the water, so I made that call to order my new phone. Because I have to be the pickiest person in the world, I really wanted a phone that I knew I would enjoy for a least 2 years. I decided on the Samsung Galaxy 551, perfect fit for what I need. The only thing is when they said how long it would take I really thought I could do the waiting.
   Day 4:
First day of waiting for the new phone. I knew it was not going to be there, but I secretly wished I was a VIP customer and they would have it here. Of course they didn't and my poor house phone has not had so much action in a long time. It rang off the hook all day long with people who usually just send a text.
   Day 5:
Crap its a Saturday, can't count today as one of the business days. Oh well we have plans to see Beauty & the Beast in 3D that will keep my mind off the cell phone missing. WRONG again, its amazing how much your body and mind just want to check your cell phone for the time while waiting in a movie theatre, but then again that could also be partly because in the dark all you see is like 100 faces lit up with the glow from 100 cell phones.
    Day 6:
Sunday not counted as a business day. Here is were I start to feel lonely. I feel out of touch with everyone. It hits me I have no clue were anyone is or what anyone is doing today, I haven`t heard from all my girlfriends whats up and whats new, I don`t even know half of their home phone numbers, or even their cell numbers they are just a name on my phone or a Face on my Facebook.But that is how it is now, Cell phone, Facebook, e-mail, then finally we think to call the house. Some people are even cancelling home phones giving up that bill, seeing as the Blackberry goes off more that the home phone. This is the day I admit to myself that I can`t go without a cell phone :(
     Day 7: Is today
I woke up early with the sad realisation that I will miss my husbands cute little message he leaves me throughout the day, because its only day 2 of my business days and still no sign of the phone. I feel like every time I fill up my purse to leave the house that I have forgotten something like my arm or my head. My purse is lighter now though. I find myself no longer reaching for it when I hear a ring that is not even from my cell phone. I have no clue if my friends are even still alive due to not hearing from them over the week. I have slept in countless times trying to reteach my sleeping morning self how to use the alarm clock, I really miss my husband- now its been a whole half day with no communication, and I can`t handle not having my music or a camera on hand at all times....
     That's when It all turned around.....I received a text to my land line from my husband saying `Hugs and kisses-xoxoxo` That's the moment that I realised good things come to those who wait. I felt like a school girl all over again getting a not from a boy who has checked of the `Yes`square. I had come so used to his messages through text even I forgot their is other ways in the world, his messages were just something I expected to happen everyday, and thought I couldn`t get without a cell phone, let me tell you something nothing can make you more smiley then when your husband goes out of his way to make your day a little better. especially when you think it will not happen, an experience that  I never would of had if not living a week without my cell phone. :)